VA

Policy changes and digital innovation are helping improve healthcare access for veterans and their families, according to Jim Gfrerer, former CIO at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, who also discusses the future of healthcare.

This week's top stories include a nursing shortage eroding hospital financial performance, and the VA being grilled over patient safety concerns associated with its EHR modernization effort.

The VA, Department of Defense and Coast Guard are developing the new single common medical record, which will be interoperable for providers in all facilities.

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

Telehealth Connection TV: VA CIO Dominic Cussatt describes how the agency was well-positioned to offer telemedicine to patients when the pandemic hit.

This week's top stories include Apple and the VA working to get iPads into the hands of veterans, the latest Apple Watch measuring blood oxygen and a dip in the hospital CEO turnover rate.

This week's top stories include primary care doctors saying they're not ready for the next COVID-19 surge, Philips building out the VA's telehealth infrastructure, and Novartis and Propeller Health co-packaging a new asthma treatment.